Planet Biometrics
IOM organises international gathering to discuss digital ID for migrants
World leaders have gathered in Türkiye as the International Organisation for Migration organised a conference tackling how to advance migrant protection by making forms of legal identity readily available to represent a minority group. The international spotlight fell...
Join Annet Steenbergen and industry experts at Identity Week Europe!
Annet Steenbergen, advisor for the WEBUILD Consortium, will be speaking at Identity Week Europe 2026 on 9-10 June in Amsterdam where she'll be chairing the event and diving into topics including the latest in seamless travel, European border management, identity...
Wicket and Axess roll out next-gen biometric access system at LAFC’s BMO Stadium
A new benchmark in stadium access technology has been set as Wicket and Axess deploy a fully integrated biometric entry system at BMO Stadium, home of Los Angeles Football Club. The system combines facial authentication with advanced turnstile hardware, enabling fans...
Greece bans social media under 15, UK campaigners debate lower age to be raised in House of Lords
MPs in the UK are being urged to listen to campaigners to raise the age for social media accounts to 16. Described as a public health emergency to protect our children, Greece has listened to the urgent appeals, officially banning social media access for under-15s. To...
New industry resource announced by DSA: Best practice guidelines for ID documents
A document is only as secure as its weakest process. In the age of digital IDs, new security standards for ID documents still matter, which the Document Security Alliance, INTERGRAF, and the Secure Identity Alliance have collaborated on to issue modern best practice...
How ICMPD is supporting Ukraine’s border resilience during crisis
https://youtu.be/14fXNq71Mhs The International Centre for Migration Policy Development, which supports government migration management policies, has been a critical agency on Ukraine's side in the context of war. We invited ICMPD's Senior Project Manager, Vyacheslav...
Kantara Initiative to collaborate with the OIDF on the role of Authorised Auditor
Independent oversight strengthens the OpenID Foundation's conformance testing program. The OpenID Foundation is pleased to announce that the Kantara Initiative - a global community focused on improving the trustworthy use of identity and personal data - has signed a...
Ditto launches to orchestrate next generation identity with cryptographic certainty
Building on a heritage of privacy-first innovation, Ditto’s trust layer gives businesses high-assurance identity confidence and bridges the gap between centralised and decentralised framework Ditto, the privacy-first digital identity platform trusted to secure every...
Europe’s blind spot in biometric tech: Why the EU needs its own testing power
A policy brief “Independent Evaluation of Biometric Technology in the EU: State of Play and Future Options” highlights a growing gap in Europe’s digital infrastructure that we lack independent capacity to test and verify biometric systems. Biometric technologies, like...
Securden unveils the world’s first truly unified identity security platform at RSA Conference 2026
Unifies PAM, EPM, IGA, CIEM, NHI, and AI Agent Security in a single package to protect human, machine, and AI identities Securden, Inc today announced the launch of the Securden Unified Identity Security Platform, the world’s first truly unified solution designed to...
Must-see panels about border biometrics, digital wallets and non-human identity (VIP)
Identity Week Europe 2026 is almost here, and some of the most anticipated discussions are happening on our panel stages. These sessions bring together industry leaders, practitioners, and innovators to debate the biggest challenges in identity, security, and digital...
Cybercrime ‘Gravy train’ under scrutiny as security leaders warn of rapidly evolving threat
Government and industry leaders will be warned that cybercriminals are becoming faster, more organised, and increasingly difficult to track during a panel discussion titled “The Criminal Gravy Train: Where Are Cyber Threats Evolving and How Can You Future-Proof Your...
Digital ID wallets: How banks are leading the next frontier in secure, AI-driven financial services
In 2025, we spoke to Lorena Roman, Strategic Partnerships and Ecosystem Analyst at Raiffeisen Bank International, who highlighted that digital identity wallets are becoming an increasingly important topic for the banking sector, noting...
Security printing and identity community to tackle rising document fraud threats
Leading experts from across the identity, border security and document security sectors will be strengthening global resilience against fraud in a series of Security Documents key sessions this June. A major highlight of the programme is our “Meet the Document...
Identity and payments converge at the 2026 Identity & Payments Summit
Industry leaders from across the identity, payments and security ecosystem gathered in Houston for the 2026 Identity & Payments Summit, a three day event exploring how identity, authentication and payment technologies are increasingly converging to shape the...
C-Suite leaders take the stage at Identity Week Europe 2026
When the global identity community gathers for Identity Week Europe 2026 this June, some of the most influential voices in digital identity will headline the opening programme. Senior executives from government, global technology innovators and leading digital...
Europe’s new biometric border system to enhance entry controls from April 2026
From 10 April 2026 travellers entering the Schengen Area will move from the familiar passport-stamp ritual to an automated, biometric registration process designed to record entries and exits electronically. According to the European Commission, the Entry/Exit System...
AI impersonation is here: How industry leaders are preparing for the deepfake fraud era
Inside The Deepfake Summit The identity and fraud prevention community gathered in Houston for the The Deepfake Summit, a focused forum examining one of the challenges facing digital ecosystems: the rise of AI driven impersonation, deepfakes, and synthetic identities....
The future of secure documents is here!
Join us at Identity Week Europe to hear from leading Secure Document Speakers and gain insights into the latest trends shaping document security and identity verification. Our experts will explore emerging threats, cutting-edge protection technologies, and the future...
Bahamas boosts efforts to combat travel and ID document fraud amid rising regional cases
Prime Minister Philip Davis said the government is troubled by a recent string of cases in which Bahamian travel and identity documents appear to have been obtained or tampered with through deception, and he warned that such activity could erode public confidence in...
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